Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary

Established August 17, 2015

Jimmie Beller

Let me quickly tell you about a man named Jimmie Beller.  From the first day that I stepped into the building of the congregation here in McLoud, Jimmie was one of my best friends and biggest supporters.  He always had a smile on his face, was always happy to see you, and was a great encouragement.  To all visitors, Jimmie would smile and say, “Welcome home.”

He was also fighting against cancer.

The cancer Jimmie had was incurable, and I can’t tell you how many experimental treatments they tried on him to keep it at bay.  But in 2015, Jimmie went on to his eternal reward. He had such an impact on our lives that there is rarely a day goes by that we don’t think about and miss our friend and brother Jimmie.

He discovered that I run the Gravel Hill church of Christ website, and absolutely loved the sheer amount of free material that is available there.  In fact, he loved it so much that he allowed me to scan several books from his own library to put online.  One of those books was very brittle, and I told him that I couldn’t scan it because it would destroy the book.  His response was classic Jimmie Beller.  With a huge smile on his face, he said: “So, you’d destroy one book, and thousands of people can read it.  I don’t see the problem.”

After his passing, his entire library was donated to me with the hope that Jimmie’s desire of spreading useful books to as many people as possible would continue.  That is the purpose of the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary.

Lord willing, this free eLibrary will continue to grow as we make more of his books accessible to anyone who wants to download them.

Afterlife

Sadduceeism (Israel P. Warren)

Apologetics

Atheism and Arithmetic (H.L. Hastings)

Ingersoll’s Mistakes About Moses (D.R. Dungan)

Man from Monkey Myth (Douglas Dewar)

Oliphant-Smith Debate

Was Moses Mistaken? (H.L. Hastings)

Why We Believe the Bible (George DeHoff)

Baptism

The Act, Subjects, and Design of Baptism (James Anderson)

Bagby-Trice Discussion on Baptism

Baptism: Our Lord’s Command (A.R. Main)

Baptism: The Purposes it Fulfills and Changes it Effects (John Anderson)

Gospel Plan of Salvation (T.W. Brents)

Is Baptism Necessary? (Aquilla)

The New Birth (Perry Cotham)

Tracts on Conversion (John Anderson)

Wallace-Stauffer Debate on the Lord’s Supper and Infant Baptism

What Baptism is For (Moses E. Lard)

Bible Classes

Hart-Mansfield Debate on Bible Classes

Bible Translations

Campbell, Alexander – Acts of the Apostles

Biographies/Autobiographies

(See also “Restoration Movement”)

A Sketch of the Life of James A. Garfield

Brotherhood Publications

Christian Light (July, 1986)

Christian light (October, 1988)

First Century Christian

First Century Christian (May 1991)

First Century Christian (July 1991)

First Century Christian (October 1991)

First Century Christian (November 1991)

First Century Christian (December 1991)

First Century Christian (March 1992)

First Century Christian (May 1992)

First Century Christian (June 1992)

First Century Christian (July 1992)

First Century Christian (September 1992)

First Century Christian (January 1993)

The Bible Way (November 1986)

The Expositor (May 1982)

Torch2

Torch of Truth Vol. 3, No. 3

Torch of Truth Vol. 3, No. 6

Catholicism

Catholicism vs. Freedom (V.E. Howard)

The Crowe – Kieran Debate on Roman Catholicism

Christian Living

The New Life in Christ (1957 Harding College Lectures)

The Church

1947 Pepperdine Mini-Lectures

Age of Enquiry (Elias Smith)

As Others See Us and As We Are (J.L. Hill)

The Gospel and Its Elements (James Challen)

What is Truth? (Chester Estes)

Church History

See also: Restoration Movement

A History of the Baptists in the Middle States

A History of the Baptists in the Southern States

A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (R.B. Semple)

Emergence of the Church of Christ Denomination (David Edwin Harrell)

Church Leadership

The Eldership (M.M. Davis)

The Model Church (G.C. Brewer)

Commentaries/Bible Studies

Exposition of Hebrews (James Haldane)

Studies in Ephesians (R.C. Bell)

Studies in Galatians (R.C. Bell)

Studies in Philippians (R.C. Bell)

Studies in Romans (R.C. Bell)

Congregational Histories

History of the Birdell-Noland Churches of Christ (Joshua Dement, 2014)

The History of Mayfield Church of Christ (Adam Miller, 2016)

Debates

Bagby-Trice Discussion on Baptism

Boswell-Hardeman Debate on Instrumental Music in the Worship

Both Sides of the Music Question

Britnell-Miller Debate on Smoking

Crowe – Kieran Debate on Roman Catholicism

Hansen-Webster Eschatology Debate

Harper-Trail Debate on Alcohol in the Lords Supper

Hart-Mansfield Debate on Bible Classes

Jackson-Iler Debate on Mormonism

Oliphant-Smith Debate on the Existence of God

Smith-Bledsoe Debate on Wine in the Lords Supper

Wallace-Stauffer Debate on the Lord’s Supper and Infant Baptism

Denominationalism

A Modern Plea for Ancient Truths (J.H. Garrison)

As Touching Those Who Were Once Enlightened (GC Brewer)

Emergence of the Church of Christ Denomination (David Edwin Harrell)

The Crowe – Kieran Debate on Roman Catholicism

Jackson-Iler Debate on Mormonism

Why I Left… (1947 Lectureship)

Devotional

God and Me (Peter Ainslie)

Eschatology

Hansen-Webster Eschatology Debate

Sadduceeism (Israel P. Warren)

Encouragement

Fooks, Leslie – Why I Left the Church and Returned

Evangelism

From Mule Back to Super Jet (Marshall Keeble)

Governmental Issues

The Right of Private Property (James D. Bales)

Hermeneutics

Inductive Method of Biblical Interpretation (J.S. Lamar)

True Method of Searching Scriptures (Tolbert Fanning)

The Holy Spirit

The Spirit and the Word (Z.T. Sweeney)

Work of the Holy Spirit (James Anderson)

Jesus Christ

The Divinity of Christ (Edward Scribner Ames)

Lord’s Supper

Harper-Trail Debate on Alcohol in the Lord’s Supper

Smith-Bledsoe Debate on Wine in the Lord’s Supper

Address on the Lords Supper (James Scott)

Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

Divorce and Remarriage – Some Emotional Arguments Considered (Lynn Parker)

Mormonism

Jackson-Iler Debate on Mormonism

Mormonism Exposed (LaRoy Sunderland)

Music in the Church

Boswell-Hardeman Debate on Instrumental Music in Worship

Both Sides of the Music Question

Music of the New Testament Church (H.H. Gray)

Restoration Movement

Abner Jones – Christian Only (Bradley Cobb)

An Account of the Christian Denomination (Simon Clough)

Address on the Origin and Principles of the Christians (Martyn Summerbell)

Alexander Campbell’s Tour in Scotland (A. McLean)

Autobiography and Sermons of Elder Elijah Martindale

Christians South, Not Unitarians (W.B. Wellons)

Concerning the Disciples of Christ (B.B. Tyler)

David Lipscomb: Child of God, Soldier of the Cross (Lee Parish, 2013)

Disciples of Christ (Robert Richardson, 1844)

Disciples of Christ in Illinois and Their Attitude Toward Slavery

Division in Henderson, TN (Grady Miller, 1975)

Historical Documents Advocating Christian Union (Campbell, Stone, Errett, Garrison)

Historical Sketches of the Disciples Churches in Licking County, Ohio.

History of the Birdell-Noland Churches of Christ (Joshua Dement, 2014)

History of the Disciples of Christ in America (B.B. Tyler)

History of Mayfield Church of Christ (Adam Miller)

Origin of the Disciples of Christ (Whitsitt/Longan)

Seven Great Lights (Campbell Bio)

Sketch of the Life and Labors of Richard McNemar

Toils and Struggles of the Olden Times: The Autobiography of Elder Samuel Rogers

Sermons

Sermons for the People (William Henry Book)

A Primitive Missionary Church (H.L. Hastings)

Autobiography and Sermons of Elder Elijah Martindale

Smoking

Britnell-Miller Debate on Smoking

Textual Criticism

The Pentateuch: Its Origin and Authorship (H.L. Hastings)

The Corruptions of the New Testament (H.L. Hastings)

Women’s Role

An Address on the Amelioration of the Social State (Alexander Campbell)

 

8 thoughts on “Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary”

  1. One of my good friends, Dr. Jessie E. Mills, Jr., wanted me to find some biographies of Thomas and Alexander Campbell which tells about their years in Scotland before coming to America. I found the two documents (Seven Lights and Alexander’s visit to Scotland) on this website, but wondered if there are any others that you might know about, which you can send to me?

  2. Alexander Campbell and Sidney Rigdon both came close to the restoration concept, but Campbell ceased at the most crucial point — completely ignoring the point of apostolic authority. That’s why the Baptists and Campbellites lost so many people to the Latter-day Saint movement.

    Authority solidifies the exclusivity issue in that Christians need an authoritive chain of command. Jesus gave Peter the Keys of the Kingdom by which the apostles could bind on Heaven and Earth. Why would such keys be necessary anciently, but not today? Paul said the priesthood had been “changed,” but didn’t say how. Was it to play a role in the modern church? The Bible is silent! If baptism is an ordinance that is done on Earth and is recorded in Heaven, it stands to reason it’s somehow tied to the priesthood.

    It also would explain why some Christians practiced baptism for the dead (1 Corinthians 15:29) and why apostate Catholicism linked the keys with its work for the dead. And though it corrupted the work for the dead, the concept itself survived and was falsely incorporated in the selling of indulgences. In other words, apostate Catholicism recognized that the keys were necessary to bind on Heaven and on Earth, and that they could not be jointly held with numerous sects believing different doctrines and concepts.

    Sidney Rigdon, Parley Pratt and others saw this as the great failing of the Baptists and Campbellism. They agreed with many of the doctrines, but Rigdon in particular questioned Campbell’s (and the Baptists’) apostolic authority. If Campbell and others ordained others, who ordained them?

    The Latter-day Saint movement appealed to many because it offered authority, and a restoration through heavenly ministrations. And though many of the Baptists and Cambellites rejected the claims of the Mormons, the issue of authority itself has never been adequately addressed. The ancient church cannot exist unless and until the Keys of the Kingdom can be traced and utilized.

    It virtually begs exclusivity.

  3. Thank you for sharing. I have some publications that I have scanned and as time permits, I will share. I knew Jimmie when I lived in Oklahoma in 1979-80. We Both attended the McCloud School of Preaching.

  4. Thank you for sharing for free biblical studies material,Ihave already using these books for preparing for sermons in India..god bless to all of your church members

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